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Public Finances in Modern History

Government expenditure, percent of GDP

Government expenditure, percent of GDP

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Albania 29.17

Algeria 38.06

Angola 19.24

Antigua and Barbuda 18.44

Argentina 37.83

Aruba 21.7

Australia 37.2

Austria 51.98

Azerbaijan 32.76

Bahamas, The 24.16

Bahrain 29.84

Bangladesh 12.79

Barbados 28.27

Belgium 54.58

Belize 24.27

Benin 19.17

Bhutan 29

Bolivia 38.06

Brazil 45.45

Bulgaria 37.74

Burkina Faso 29.19

Burundi 29.1

Cabo Verde 24.84

Cambodia 18.67

Canada 42.49

Central African Republic 17.91

Chad 18.1

Chile 27.39

China, People's Republic of 33.17

Colombia 35.04

Comoros 17.8

Congo, Republic of 20.67

Costa Rica 18.44

Côte d'Ivoire 21.49

Croatia 47.4

Cyprus 40.24

Czech Republic 43.74

Denmark 46.83

Djibouti 21.01

Dominica 61.66

Dominican Republic 18.97

Ecuador 40.22

El Salvador 30.84

Equatorial Guinea 19.83

Estonia 43.1

Eswatini 30.11

Ethiopia 10.82

Fiji 30.34

Finland 56.65

France 56.99

Gabon 22.19

Georgia 29.92

Germany 48.38

Ghana 19.55

Greece 49.86

Grenada 28.92

Guatemala 13.72

Guinea 15.97

Guinea-Bissau 21.89

Guyana 23.48

Haiti 6.4

Honduras 26.12

Hong Kong SAR 23.72

Hungary 49.11

Iceland 45.5

India 29.12

Indonesia 16.65

Iran 14.37

Ireland 22.65

Israel 39

Italy 53.8

Jamaica 30.5

Japan 41.16

Jordan 32.45

Kenya 22.68

Kiribati 103.21

Korea, Republic of 23.16

Kuwait 48.71

Kyrgyz Republic 35.64

Lebanon 13.28

Lesotho 46.95

Luxembourg 48.1

Madagascar 17.9

Malaysia 24.17

Maldives 46.46

Marshall Islands 65.99

Mexico 28.67

Micronesia, Fed. States of 57.86

Moldova 39.24

Mongolia 31.89

Morocco 32.77

Namibia 36.83

Netherlands 43.2

New Zealand 41.39

Nicaragua 26.42

Niger 15.8

Nigeria 13.57

North Macedonia 37.9

Norway 45.67

Oman 26.73

Pakistan 19.24

Panama 21.08

Papua New Guinea 22.11

Paraguay 21.56

Peru 22.48

Philippines 24.65

Poland 46.75

Portugal 42.34

Qatar 27.27

Romania 36.62

Russian Federation 36.53

Rwanda 27.47

Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.11

Saint Lucia 24.01

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 38.01

Saudi Arabia 32.3

Senegal 25.72

Seychelles 33.57

Slovak Republic 47.92

Slovenia 46.48

Solomon Islands 32.22

South Africa 32.62

Spain 45.31

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Sudan 8.19

Suriname 26.73

Sweden 47.49

Switzerland 31.95

Tanzania 18.99

Thailand 22.86

Togo 26.58

Trinidad and Tobago 29.38

Tunisia 35.52

Türkiye, Republic of 33.18

Uganda 19.19

Ukraine 74.42

United Arab Emirates 23.27

United Kingdom 44.17

United States 36.28

Uruguay 30.76

Uzbekistan 30.2

Vanuatu 42.9

Venezuela 15.04

Yemen 12.14

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France

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Japan

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